The Ruger PC Charger is an original design and does not have AR-like controls like the other blowback-operated guns we tested.
The Ruger PC Charger also did well, but was removed from further testing due to a lack of reliability with hollow points. During this phase, the Century AP5 experienced multiple failures to feed with hollow points and was removed from further testing.
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The reliability test involved filling the magazines of the five firearms still being tested with a broad variety of ammunition from 10 selected loads. The Ruger PC Charger and the Century AP5 were not included in the live fire but were given one point for being reliable with ball ammunition during sight-in, even though they had been removed from live fire.
